Objects used in an EMR System frequently do have many identifiers before they first come to our user's practice. A Patient might be identified by a Social Security Number, by a Health Insurance Card Number, by a Passport Number, an AHV Number and many more. This article will discuss how to handle such different identifiers.
Elexis is a project designed primarly for german speaking doctors - therefore it is almost cmpletely in german. Thanks to eclipse's localization elements, it is, however, possible to implement other languages without programming knowledge.